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======executeChildProcess (IProcess, String, IEntity [], Boolean)====== 

**Interface:** [[3500:0300:0315|IExecutionEngine]]
<code java>public IProcess executeChildProcess (IProcessparent, String processName, IEntity [] parameters, Boolean asynchronous)
throws ServerTimeOutException, AccessDeniedException, ExecutionException;</code>

This method starts the specified process as a child of the current process. This method allows custom process components to start other processes.

=====Parameters=====
|''processName''|the name of the process to start (the business space version must have the process with this name configured)|
|''parameters''|the instances of the business objects representing the process input if it is declared or null if the process has no input|
|''asynchronous''|if true the new process is started in a separate thread.|

=====Returns=====
The reference to the child process component.